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FONDLE

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To touch gently and in a loving way, touch in a sexual way

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EMULSIFY

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If two liquids emulsify or are emulsified, they combine and become a smooth mixture.

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GUILT TRIP

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To make someone feel guilty

(n) strong feeling of guilt

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ELUCIDATE

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To explain or make sth clear

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CANOODLE

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Kiss and hold each other in a sexual way

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CHAFE

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to make skin damaged or sore by rubbing, or to become damaged and sore like this

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BURROW

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A hole in the ground dug by an animal such as a rabbit

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DE’CANT

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gradually pour liquid without sediment

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DOUBLE DOWN

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continue to do sth in an even more determined way than before

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AS’SUAGE

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make unpleasant feelings less strong

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HARP ON

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Nag about

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A’BET

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to help or encourage someone to do sth illegal

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A’BOLISH

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end an activity or custom officially

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ACCLIMATE TO

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to change to suit different conditions of life, weather

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15
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CLOSE IN ON

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Come closer to

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‘AMPUTATE

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Cut off a part of the body

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ANTAGONIZE

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cause someone to become hostile and angry

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AMP UP

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Make sth stronger, more extreme, ore exciting

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A’TONE

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Make amends or reparation

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20
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BE’SIEGE

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Surround and harass

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A’TROPHY

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To be reduced in size and therefore strength, or to become weaker

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BACKCHANNEL

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To communicate or take part in discussions in a way that is not direct or made public

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RING UP

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to help a customer buy something at a cash register

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24
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DEPRIVE

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prevent from

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25
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GLEAN sth FROM so

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To collect information in small amounts and often with difficulty

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PROPAGATE

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To produce a new plant using a parent plant
To spread opinions, lies, or beliefs among a lot of people (Propaganda - noun)

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MAUL

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Attacks that person and injures them with its teeth or claws

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FLAUNT

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To show or make obvious something you are proud of in order to get admiration

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HOPSCOTCH

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Skip from place to place; move erratically

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30
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CONFOUND

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To confuse and very much surprise someone, so that they are unable to explain or deal with a situation

(SCIE) To affect the result of a scientific experiment in a way that makes it less clear that one thing causes another

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31
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FIZZLE OUT

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To gradually end, often in a disappointing or weak way

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32
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CHIN JUT

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If you jut a part of your body, especially your chin, or if it juts, you push it forward in an aggressive or determined way

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33
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FLAIL

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To move energetically in an uncontrolled way

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34
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CATERWAUL

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To make a high unpleasant noise like a cat

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35
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UNSETTLE

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Cause to feel anxious or uneasy; disturb

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36
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DOLE OUT

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To give something, usually money, to several people

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MORPH INTO

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To gradually change, or change someone or something, from one thing to another

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INFUSE

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to fill someone or something with an emotion or quality

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39
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BUNGLE

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to do something wrong, in a careless or stupid way

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DEBILITATE

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to make someone or something physically weak

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41
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ATTENUATE

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To make something less or weaker
To make something longer and thinner

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42
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QUIVER

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To shake slightly, often because of strong emotion

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43
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CHURN OUT

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To produce large quantities of it very quickly

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44
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RIG

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To arrange dishonestly for the result of something, for example an election, to be changed

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‘BANISH

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Send someone away and not allow to comeback
Get rid of sth completely

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BANKROLL

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To support a person or activity financially

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‘BARRICADE

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Barrier across the street the prevent movement of opposing forces

Block or defend with improvised barrier

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BECKON

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Move your hand or head in a way that tells someone to come nearer (beckon someone over)

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BESTOW

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Give sth as an honour or present

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BLISTER

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A small bubble on the skin filled with serum and caused by friction, burning or other damage

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BLUDGEON

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Hit someone hard and repeatedly with a heavy weapon

Force someone to do sth (bludgeon someone into doing sth)

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BICKER

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Argue about petty and trivial matters

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53
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BIFURCATE

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To divided into 2 parts (roads, rivers,branches,etc)

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BUDGE

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If sth will or can not budge, it wont move

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55
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BULLDOZE

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To destroy buildings and make an area flat with a bulldozer

To force someone to do sth, although they might or want to

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BUSK

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Perform music / entertainment in the street for monetary donation

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57
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BYPASS

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To avoid sth by going around it

To ignore a rule or official authority

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CATAPULT

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Throw someone/sth in great force
Catapulted into sth - suddenly experience particular state

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FEIGN

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to pretend to have a particular feeling, problem, etc.

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60
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CATALYZE

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To make a chemical reaction happen or hapen more quickly by acting as a catalyst

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CHORTLE

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Laugh in a breathy, gleeful way, chuckle

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62
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‘CIRCUMVENT

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To avoid sth, esp cleverly or illegally

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63
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CLAMOR

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(v) To make a loud complaint or demand

(n) a loud complaint about sth or a demand for sth

Loud noise, esp made by people’s voices

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COERCE

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Persuade an unwilling person to do sth by using force or threats

Obtain sth by using force or threats

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COMMEMORATE

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To remember officially and give respect to a great person or event, esp by a public ceremony or by making a statue of special building

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COMPOSE

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Calm / settle one’s thoughts

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67
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CONCEDE

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Surrender or yield
Admit sth is true after first denying or resisting

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CONDONE

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Accept and allow (wrongful act) to continue

Approve or sanction sth with reluctance

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CONDESCEND

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Condescend to do sth
- Agree to do sth that you don’t consider to be good enough for your social position

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FROWN (at)

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Bring your eyebrows together so that there are lines on your face above your eyes, often while turning the corners of your mouth downwards, showing that you are annoyed, worried, sad, or thinking hard

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TETHER

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A rope or chain used to tie, especially an animal, to a post or other fixed place, usually so that it can move freely within a small area

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DEBUNK

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prove that sth is not true

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CATAPULT

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Throw someone/sth in great force
Catapulted into sth - suddenly experience particular state

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CATALYZE

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To make a chemical reaction happen or happen more quickly by acting as a catalyst

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CHORTLE

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Laugh in a breathy, gleeful way, chuckle

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CHURN

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Stomach churns you feel ill bc you’re nervous

**(Churn sth out) **Produce large amounts of sth quickly, usually sth of low quality

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CONVENE

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To bring together a group of people for a meeting, or to meet for a meeting

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CONCEDE

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To admit, often unwilling, that sth is true

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CONSOLE

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To make someone who is sad or disappointed feel better, usually by giving comfort or sympathy

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CONSUMMATE

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Make (relationship/marriage) complete by having sexual intercourse

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COERCE

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Persuade someone forcefully to do sth that they’re unwilling to do

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CO’RROBORATE

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Add proof to an account, statement, idea with new info

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COURT

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Have a romantic relationship with someone that you hope to marry

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CRUCIFY

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Kill someone by tying them with nails to a cross and leaving them to die

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CONVENANT

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Agree by lease, deed or other contract

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CROAK

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To die
(sound) deep rough sound of frogs or crows
(sound) rough voice when having sore / dry throat

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CROUCH

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Bend your knees and lower yourself so that you’re close to the ground and leaning forward slightly

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CRY FOUL

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Say that sth that has happened is unfair or illegal

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RELINQUISH

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Give up something such as a responsibility or claim

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CULL

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Cull animals - kill to cut down the numbers of them (usually the weaker members)

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CURTAIL

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Reduce in extent or quantity
Impose a restriction on

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CUT LOOSE

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To behave in uncontrolled, wild way

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DABBLE

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Take a slight and not serious interest in a subject, try a particular activity for a short period

Dabble the water to move around

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DEBASE

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Make sth less good or less valueable

Make someone morally worse or less deserving of respect

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DEFLECT

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To change direction after hitting something or to cause sth to do this

To cause someone to change from or stop what they were intending to do

To avoid sth such as criticism, blame or a question being directed at you

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DELEGATE

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Entrust tasks/responsibility to another person
A person sent or authorized to represent others

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DELUDE

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Make someone believe sth that is not true

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DEPRIVE

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to take something, especially something necessary or pleasant, away from someone:

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DEPRECIATE

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Cause sth to lose value, esp over time

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DEPUTIZE FOR

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To act or speak for another person, esp by temporarily doing their job

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DESPISE

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To feel a strong dislike for someone or sth bc you think that that person or thing is bad or has no value

Despise so for sth = feel contempt / feel repugnance for

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DETAIN

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Keep someone from proceeding, hold back

Keep someone in official custody, typically for questioning about a crime or in politically sensitive situations

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DEVIATE FROM

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To do sth that is different from the usual or common way of behaving

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DILATE

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Become wider, larger, more open (eyes)

Condition of being stretched or enlarged beyond normal size (medical)

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DIGRESS

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The feeling of not liking someone or sth and thinking that they do not deserve your interest or respect

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DISLODGE SO/STH FROM STH

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To remove sth or so, esp by force, from a fixed position

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DISSIMILATE

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change a sound in a word to unlike the sounds near it

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DISSIPATE

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squander, fritter away

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DISPERSE

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spread over a wide area

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DISSUADE

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To persuade someone not to do sth

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DITHER

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Be indecisive

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DREDGE UP

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Start talking or thinking again about sth unpleasant that happened long ago

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DROP DEAD

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Die suddenly unexpectedly

Intense scorn / dislike (why don’t you just drop dead?)

Rudely tell someone that’re annoying to go away or be quiet

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ELICIT

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To get or produce sth, esp info or a reaction

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ELUDE

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If sth that you want eludes you, you don’t succeed in achieving it

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ENAMOR

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**Be enamored of **
- Love / like / admire something

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THWART

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to stop something from happening or someone from doing something

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ENTWINED

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Wind or twist together

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ENUCIATE

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Say or pronounce clearly

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EQUIVOCATE

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Use ambiguous language to conceal the truth or avoid speaking directly or honestly

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EXONERATE SO FROM STH

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Show or state that someone / sth is not guilty of sth

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EXTENUATE

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Cause a wrong act to be judged less seriously by giving reasons for it

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FARM STH OUT

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To give work to other people to do

Put a child into care of others, foster

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FEED OFF

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Support, gain energy from

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FIDDLE

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Act dishonestly in order to get sth for yourself, to change sth dishonestly, esp for your advantage

(+ with) move things about or touch things with no particular purpose
Violin stick

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FIXATE ON

A

Think about sth too much and find it difficult to stop

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127
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FLAIL

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(v) Wave / swing wildly
Beat / flog

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FLINCH

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To make a sudden, small movement bc of pain or fear

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FLIP SOMEONE OFF

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Show someone in an offensive way that you are annoyed with them or do not like them by turning the back of your hand towards them and putting your middle finger up

130
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FONDLE

A

To touch gently and in a loving way, touch in a sexual way

131
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FORAGE FOR

A

To go from place to place for things that you can eat or use

132
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FORECLOSE ON

A

(banks) to take back property that was bought with borrowed money bc the money wasn’t being paid back as formally agreed

133
Q

FREEBASE

A

Smoke a specially prepared form of drug cocaine

134
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FROWN ON/UPON

A

To disapprove of sth

135
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FUMIGATE

A

To use poisonous gas to remove harmful insects, bacteria etc

136
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FUNNEL (money, goods, or info)

A

Cause it to be sent there as it becomes available

137
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EMANICIPATE

A

Give people social or political freedom and rights

138
Q

ELUCIDATE

A

Explain something or make sth clear

139
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EQUIVOCATE

A

To speak in a way that intentionally not clear or confuse other people to hide the truth

140
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GARNISH

A

Decorate or embellish esp with food

Take amount from someone’s wages to pay back money they owe

141
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GAWK AT

A

Look at sth or someone in a stupid or rude way

142
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GIST WITH

A

chat or gossip with

143
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GROVEL

A

Behave with too much respect towards someone to show that you’re very eager to please them

144
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GUERILLA

A

A member of a band of persons engaged in warfare not as part of a regular army but as an independent unit making surprise raids behind enemy lines.

145
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GUSH OVER

A

To express oneself extravagantly or emotionally

146
Q

GYRATE

A

Turn spiral, dance in a sexual way

147
Q

HASTEN

A

Make sth happen sooner or more quickly

148
Q

HOODWINK

A

Deceive / trick

149
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IMBUE STH/SO WITH STH

A

To fill sth or someone with a particular feeling, quality or idea

150
Q

IMPART

A

To communicate info to someone

To give sth a particular feeling, quality or taste = impart sth to sth

151
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IMPINGE ON

A

Impact negatively on, affect sth in a way that is unwanted

152
Q

IMPOUND

A

Take sth away bc you have broken the law

153
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INCENTIVISE

A

Make someone wanna do sth

154
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INCRIMINATE

A

Make someone appear guilty of a crime or wrongdoing

155
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INDICT

A

If a law court or a grand jury indicts someone, it accuses them officially of a crime
= be indicted on a charge

156
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INDUCT

A

introduce someone formally or with a special ceremony to an organization or group, or to beliefs or idea

157
Q

INFILTRATE

A

secretly enter or join to get info or do harm

158
Q

INFRINGE ON

A

To take away or limit rights or freedom of someone
=trespass=encroach

159
Q

HASTEN

A

Make sth happen sooner or more quickly

160
Q

INOCULATE

A

to introduce material (as a vaccine) into the body especially by injection to protect against or treat a disease

161
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INSINUATE

A

To suggest, without being direct, that sth unpleasant is true

162
Q

INSEMINATE

A

Introduce semen into a woman by natural or artificial means

163
Q

INTUIT

A

Know or understand sth bc of a feeling that you have rather than bc of facts or what someone has told you

164
Q

INVOKE

A

To use a law in order to achieve sth, or to mention sth in order to explain sth or to support your opinion or action

To request help from so, esp a god, when you want to improve a situation

165
Q

JAB

A

Poke so sth roughly or quickly with pointed thing

Get jabbed = get injected / vaccinated

166
Q

KOWTOW

A

Show too much respect to someone in authority, always doing what you are told and changing what you do in order to please them

167
Q

BLUBBER

A

Cry in a noisy way like a child

168
Q

RECKON

A

Think or believe
Consider or have the opinion that something is as stated
Calculate an amount

169
Q

MANSPLAIN

A

Explain in a way that suggests the other is stupid, used esp when a man explains sth to a woman that she already understands

170
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MATRICULATE

A

To be admitted to study at a uni / college

171
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MEDDLE

A

** (in)** interfere / busy oneself with unconcerned / unnecessary things

**(with) **touch, handle things without permission

172
Q

MISCONSTRUE

A

Interpret wrongly

173
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MOONLIGHT

A

To work at an extra job, without telling your main employer

174
Q

MORTIFY

A

To make someone very embarrassed

175
Q

MUTILATE

A

Damage sth severely, esp by violently removing a part

176
Q

DEPRECIATE

A

to (cause something to) lose value, especially over time

177
Q

OGLE

A

Stare at in a lecherous manner

178
Q

ORCHESTRATE

A

To arrange or write a piece of music so that it can be played by an orchestra
To arrange sth carefully, sometimes unfairly to achieve a wanted result

179
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OR’DAIN

A

To officially make someone a priest or other religious leader

180
Q

OSTRACIZE

A

Exclude someone from a society or group
Banish from a city by popular votes (ancient greek)

181
Q

PACIFY

A

Cause someone who is angry or upset to be calm and satisfied

182
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PARSE

A

(grammar) Separate a sentence into grammatical parts, such as subject

(computing) examine computer data and change it into a form that can be easily read or understood

183
Q

PARTAKE OF

A

To eat or drink
Partake in = involved with or take part in

184
Q

PERJURE

A

Tell a lie in a law court, after promising formally to tell the truth

185
Q

POISE

A

Adjust, hold or carry equilibrium evenly

186
Q

PLIE

A

A movement in which a ballet dancer bends the knees and straightens them again, usually with the feet turned out and heels firmly on the ground

187
Q

PRE’CIPITATE

A

Cause a situation to happen suddenly, unexpectedly, sooner than expected

188
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PROPEL

A

drive, push or move in particular direction, typically forward

189
Q

PUMMEL

A

To hit someone or sth repeatedly, esp with your fists

190
Q

PUR’PORT

A

Pretend to be or to do sth, esp in a way that is not easy to believe

191
Q

QUIVER

A

tremble / shake with a slight rapid motion

192
Q

RANSACK

A

To search a place or container in a violent and careless way

193
Q

RAVEL

A

Separate a knot, mass of threads, into single reads
To become/make someone become more confused (ravel sth up)

194
Q

RAVISH

A

Give great pleasure to someone (mostly passive)

195
Q

REBUT

A

Claim or prove that an evidence or accusation is false

Drive back or repel

196
Q

RE’PEL

A

To force someone or something to stop moving towards you or attacking you

197
Q

RECANT

A

To announce in public that your past beliefs or statements were wrong and that you no longer agree with them

198
Q

RECOIL

A

To move back bc of fear or disgust (=dislike/disapproval)

To refuse to accept an idea/principle, feeling strong dislike/disapproval

199
Q

RECON/RECONNAISSANCE

A

Conduct a preliminary and esp exploratory survey of

200
Q

RECTIFY

A

Correct sth to make it right

201
Q

RE’ENACT

A

To repeat the actions of an event that happened in the past as a hobby or as a performance

202
Q

REITERATE

A

Say or do over again repeatedly

203
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RE’LINQUISH

A

To give up sth such as responsibility or claim
To unwillingly stop holding or keeping sth

204
Q

‘RELISH

A

Enjoy greatly, make pleasant to the taste

205
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RE’PEAL

A

If a gov repeals a law, it causes that law no longer to have any legal force

206
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RE’SCIND

A

To make a law, agreement, order or decision no longer have any legal power

207
Q

RESONATE

A

Produce, increase or fill with sound by vibrating objects that are near

208
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RESONATE WITH SOMEONE / SOMETHING

A

Have particular meaning or importance for someone

209
Q

RIVAL

A

To be as good, clever, beautiful as someone or sth else

210
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ROOFIE

A

Being roofie = being spiked
Being drugged for an assault/rape

211
Q

RUN AMOK

A

Behave without control in a wild or dangerous manner

212
Q

SCATHE

A

To hurt or injure someone

213
Q

SCAVENGE

A

Look for or get food or other objects in other people’s rubbish

214
Q

SCRIMP

A

Save money by spending less than is necessary to reach acceptable standard

215
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SELF-DEPRICATE

A

Modest/critical/belittle/undervalue oneself

216
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IN’CUR

ɪnˈkɜr

A

To experience something bad as a result of actions you have taken

217
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‘SHAMBLE

A

move with slow, shuffling awkward gait

218
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SCRIMP

A

Save money by spending less than necessary to reach an acceptable standard

219
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SNIPE AT

A

To shoot at someone from a position where you can’t be seen

To criticize someone unpleasantly

220
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SNAG

A

Sth caught on a sharp object and tears, get or catch sth by acting quickly

221
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‘SO-DO-MIZE

ˈsädəˌmīz

A

Anal intercourse

222
Q

SMEAR

A

To spread a liquid or thick substance over a surface

To publicly accuse someone of sth unpleasant, unreasonable or unlikely to be true to harm their reputation

223
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‘SPE-CU-LATE

A

Invest in sth with hope a gain and risk of loss

224
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SPRITZ

A

Spray a mass of very small drops of liquid out of a container, usually by pressing a part of it

225
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SQUINT

A

Eyes squint

226
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SQUOOSH

A

Squeeze or crush into a soft, liquid mass

227
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STASH

A

(stashed away) Store sth safely and secretly, a hideout place

228
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‘STO-MACH

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To be able to accept an unpleasant idea or watch sth unpleasant

229
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SUB-‘SIDE

səbˈsaɪd

A

Become less intense or severe
(water) go down lower or normal level

230
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SUB-‘STAN-TI-ATE

səbˈstæn.ʃi.eɪt

A

Provide evidence to support or prove the truth of

231
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SUB-‘POE-NA

səˈpēnə

A

To order someone to go to a law court to answer questions

232
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SUC-‘CUMB

A

Loose the determination to oppose sth, to accept defeat
To die of suffer badly from illness

233
Q

SUCK WIND

A

To breath hard after exertion or unable to catch your breath after an activity

234
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CA-‘NOO-DLE

kəˈnuː.dəl

A

kiss and hold each other in a sexual way

235
Q

T-BONE

A

An accident in which the front of one vehicle hits the side of another vehicle hard

236
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‘SUMMIT

ˈsʌm.ɪt

A

reach the summit of a mountain or hill

237
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SUR-‘MISE

sɚˈmaɪz

A

Suppose sth is true without evidence

238
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SWERVE

A

Change or cause to change direction abruptly

239
Q

‘TARNISH

ˈtɑːr.nɪʃ

A

Make (esp of metal) become less bright or different color

240
Q

TAUNT

A

Intentionally annoy and upset someone by making unkind remarks to them

241
Q

‘TES-TI-FY

ˈtestəˌfī

A

(of a person) Speak seriously about sth, esp. in a law court, or to give or provide proof
(of a fact) show sth or prove sth is true

242
Q

‘TAM-PER

A

Interfere with sth to cause damage / make unauthorized alterations

243
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‘REC-TI-FY

ˈrek.tə.faɪ

A

To correct something or make something right

244
Q

‘TIN-GLE

A

To have a feeling as if a lot of sharp points are being put quickly and lightly into your body

When you tingle with an emotion, such as excitement or fear, you feel it very strongly

245
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‘PRIC-KLE

A

If thin, sharp objects prickle you, they cause slight pain by touching against your skin

If part of your body prickles, it feels as if a lot of sharp points are touching it because you are frightened or excited

246
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‘STI-PU-LATE

A

Demand or specify (a requirement), typically as part of a bargain or agreement

247
Q

‘WI-THER

A

to become weak and dry and decay

248
Q

A-‘VERT

əˈvɝːt

A

to prevent something bad from happening
to turn away your eyes or thoughts

249
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DE-‘CE-LA-RATE

ˌdiːˈsel.ə.reɪt

A

Reduce or cause to reduce in speed

250
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JUMBLE UP

A

To mix in a confused mass; put or throw together without order

251
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TRA-‘VERSE

A

Move or travel through an area

252
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‘UM-PIRE

A

to be the umpire of a game

253
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UN-‘RA-VEL

A

Undo, untangle

Investigate and solve or explain sth complicated or puzzling

To free from complication or difficulty, make clear or plain

254
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UT-TER

A

To say sth or to make a sound with your voice

255
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VEND

A

To sell sth

256
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‘VE-NE-RATE

ˈven.ɚ.eɪt

A

Honour over very much respect a person or thing

257
Q

VET

A

To examine sth or someone carefully to make certain that they are acceptable or suitable

258
Q

‘VI-LI-FY

A

Speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner

259
Q

WALLOW IN

A

Allow yourself to enjoy sth completely

260
Q

WALTZ IN/OFF

A

Walk swh quickly and confidently, that annoys other people

Waltz in = barge in
Waltz off = walk away with

261
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WHEEZE

A

Make a high, rough noise while breathing bc of some breathing difficulty

262
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WHIFF

A

To have an unpleasant smell

263
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YANK

A

Pull sth forcefully with a quick movement

264
Q

MAC-GY-VER

A

Make, form, or repair (something) with what is conveniently on hand

265
Q

HAGGLE

A

To attempt to decide on a price or conditions that are acceptable to the person selling the goods and the person buying them, usually by arguing

HAGGLE OVER / ABOUT

266
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‘HEC-KLE

A

to interrupt a public speech or performance with loud, unfriendly statements or questions

267
Q

PLOD

A

Walk slowly and heavily

268
Q

TRANS-‘CEND

trænˈsend

A

Go further, rise above, or be more important or better than something, especially a limit

269
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‘SAL-VAGE

A

To save goods from damage or destruction, especially from a ship that has sunk or been damaged or a building that has been damaged by fire or a flood

270
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E-‘MAS-CU-LATE

ɪˈmæs.kjə.leɪt

A

To reduce the effectiveness of something

To make a man feel less male by taking away his power and confidence

To castrate (= remove the male sexual parts of) a man or male animal, or to remove the male parts of a plant

271
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‘PLUN-DER

A

To steal goods violently from a place, especially during a war

To steal or remove something precious from something, in a way that does not consider moral laws or is more severe than it needs to be

272
Q

CURVE GRADES

GRADE ON A CURVE

A

Modifying each student’s grade to raise the average

273
Q

ZING

A

Move rapidly, making a high-pitched ringing or whining noise

Attack or criticize sharply

274
Q

OB-‘JEC-TI-FY

A

To treat a person like a tool or toy, as if they had no feelings, opinions, or rights of their own

275
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DIS-COM-‘BO-BU-LATE

ˌdɪs.kəmˈbɑː.bjə.leɪt

A

To confuse someone or make someone feel uncomfortable

276
Q

AC-‘QUIT

A

To decide officially in a court of law that someone is not guilty of a particular crime

277
Q

REDACT

A

To obscure or remove (text) from a document prior to publication or release

278
Q

U-‘SURP

A

To take control of a position of power, especially without having the right to

279
Q

‘TOP-PLE

A

To lose balance and fall down
Topple over

280
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EN-‘DORSE

ɪnˈdɔːrs

A

To make a public statement of your approval or support for something or someone

281
Q

REVILE

rɪˈvaɪl

A

To criticize someone strongly, or say unpleasant things to or about someone

282
Q

INCUR

A

To experience something, usually something unpleasant, as a result of actions you have taken

283
Q

MA’LIGN

A

Causing or intending to cause harm or evil

284
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285
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CON-‘COCT

kənˈkɑːkt

A

to add extra layers or parts to a thing, a story, or usually food, in a way that is not planned

to invent an excuse, story, explanation to deceive

286
Q

O-‘PINE

A

To express an opinion

287
Q

EXTRAPOLATE

A

guess or think about what might happen using info that’s already known

288
Q

SPLURGE ON

A

spend a lot of money

289
Q

MUTILATE

A

To damage sth severely, esp by violently removing a part

To destroy an idea or piece of entertainment

290
Q

‘STY-MIE

A

prevent sth from happening or someone from achieving a purpose

291
Q

GET SPIKED

A

get roofied

292
Q

AB’HOR

A

hate a way of behaving or thinking, often bc you think it’s not moral

293
Q

GRIN

A

To draw back the lips so as to show the teeth especially in amusement or laughter

294
Q

PESTER

A

To annoy someone by doing or asking for something repeatedly

295
Q

AMELIORATE

A

To make a bad or unpleasant situation better

296
Q

LOBOMOTIZE

A

A medical operation in which cuts are made in or near the front part of the brain, used in the past for the treatment of severe mental problems

297
Q

AB’SCOND

A

To go away suddenly and secretly in order to escape from somewhere

298
Q

DON

A

To put on a piece of clothing

299
Q

PURPORT

A

To pretend to be or to do something, especially in a way that is not easy to believe

300
Q

BESMIRCH

A

Say bad thing about someone to make others think of them that way

301
Q

WINCE

A

Show pain or sudden emberrassment for a short time in the face, with moving head back at the same time

302
Q

ROUGHHOUSE

A

fight in a way that is not serious

303
Q

SPRITZ

A

Spray small drops of liquid of of a container

304
Q

CHASTISE

A

rebuke or reprimand severly

305
Q

CLOBBER

A

to hit someone or sth hard and repeatedly
to punish someone
to harm someone financially

306
Q

UPKEEP

A

taking care of sth in good condition

307
Q

MARSHAL

A

Bring people together to achieve a particular aim

308
Q

ZAP

A

To get rid of, to kill, to destroy

309
Q

ATTAIN

A

gain, achieve

310
Q

BYPASS

A

workaround

311
Q

SPLURGE

A

An act of spending money extravagantly

312
Q

RACKETEER

A

To make money from illegal activities such as threatening people or selling worthless, immoral, or illegal goods or services

313
Q

SQUANDER

A

waste money or time in a reckless and foolish way

lose a chance

314
Q

GRUB

A

excessively digging, turning over earth to seearch for sth

315
Q

SOLICIT

səˈlɪs.ɪt

A

to ask someone for money, help, or info
ask for sth in a determined and persuasive way

316
Q

MOTHERLODE

A

sth that supplies large amount of thing, quality that you want

317
Q

CASTRATE

A

remove the testicles

318
Q

‘IN-STI-GATE

A

To cause an event to happen my making set of actions beforehand to launch

319
Q

‘EX-PE-DITE

A

to accelerate / speed up the process of sth

320
Q

‘SA-TI-ATE

ˈseɪ.ʃi.eɪ

A

satisfy yourself or a need, esp with food and pleasure so you can’t have more

321
Q

ABDICATE

A

If a king or a queen abdicates, they declare that they no longer want to be a king / queen

Abdicate responsiblity: stop controlling / managing sth that you’re in charge of

322
Q

ABROGATE

A

Synonyms with ABOLISH
end a law agreement or customs formally

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